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Use of veils at polling booth blasted; Leaders slam Elections Canada for allowing Islamic face coverings in Quebec by-elections

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Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont.

Author:

Nelson Wyatt

Date:

Sep 8, 2007

Start Page:

A.23

Section:

News

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264

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"We're talking about a minority of a minority of a minority," she said. "It's a very small section of the practising Muslim women, which is already a small enough section of the Muslim community that actually wear the niqab," a face-covering veil that only exposes the eyes.

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